Biography

Xiang Li (李想) is an incoming Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Human–Computer Interaction and Extended Reality (XR) in the Department of Data and Systems Engineering at The University of Hong Kong, where he will direct the Situated Reality (SiR) Lab. His work explores AI-driven context-aware interaction, body-centric interfaces, and robust XR systems designed for real-world deployment. He is particularly interested in how AI and spatial computing can augment human capabilities in everyday activities.

He is finishing his PhD in the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge and was a Student Fellow at the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence (LCFI). He was a research scientist intern at Sony CSL, Kyoto, and a guest researcher at the University of Tokyo. He was also a visiting Ph.D. researcher at the Center for Metaverse and Computational Creativity at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou). He received his BSc (Hons) in Information and Computing Science from Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University and the University of Liverpool. Prior to pursuing his doctoral studies, he worked as a research intern at Institut Polytechnique de Paris (Télécom Paris), Carnegie Mellon University, and the Exertion Games Lab at Monash University.

His research has been published in leading venues including ACM CHI, TOCHI, SUI, IEEE TVCG, VR, and ISMAR, and has received multiple recognitions, including the 2025 UKRI Innovate UK Immersive Tech Award for Technical Innovation, a 2025 IEEE ISMAR Best Paper Honourable Mention, the 2023 ACM CHI PLAY Best Interactivity Audience Award, and a 2020 IEEE VR Best Paper Nomination. In 2025, he was selected as the University of Cambridge delegate to the Stockholm International Youth Science Seminar (SIYSS), held during Nobel Week.

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